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May 2, 2006

Good News About Andrea Clark!

Yesterday was the day Andrea Clark's hospital originally said they would end her life sustaining medical treatment. As a result of the efforts of her family and friends, Andrea's sister sent us the following email today (in response to our email asking how she was doing):

How am I doing? I am doing FABULOUS! My sister, Andrea, is GETTING WELL. Her white blood cell count has been down to normal for the FOURTH day in a ROW now, and she has been able to get off of the blood pressure raising drugs that she has had to be on for MONTHS. She is doing GREAT. Her new doctor ... has also halved the amount of pain medications that she is taking, so that she can talk to her family. He says that her condition is "serious," but that she does have the ability to get much better.

The futility proceedings are stopped now. Because this new doctor took over her case, it is all stopped.

I'm so happy I don't know what to think, or say, or do. Not only is my sister NOT going to be put to death by St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, but it also looks like she is RECOVERING from her heart surgery, finally.

Melanie

Praise God! Yes, miracles do happen. We couldn't be happier for Andrea and her family.

Originally posted by PLB at ProLifeBlogs

Let's all keep in mind that St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston and it's so-called "Ethics Committee" (sic) wanted to withdraw life support from Andrea Clark instead of giving her body the opportunity to recover.

Were it not for a physician that truly cared, respected Andrea's own wishes, AND had the common decency to care about life, unlike St. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and it's "Ethics Committee" - Andrea Clark would likely be dead instead of having an opportunity to continue fighting for her life.

Posted by Richard at May 2, 2006 6:25 AM

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